regard, the Committee is of the view that the Author of the Communication has been identified and relevant details of the Communication have been provided to the Committee. The Communication is written in English which is one of the Official languages of the Committee and it is made against a State Party to the Charter. Therefore, the Committee concludes that the Complainants have complied with the requirement as to form as laid down in the Communication Guidelines. iii.Requirements as to Content 18. Section IX (1) (a) of the Revised Communications Guidelines prescribes that a Communication has to be compatible with the provisions of the Constitutive Act of the African Union or with the African Children's Charter. The Complainants submitted that this condition is satisfied since the Communication is presented pursuant to Article 44 of the African Children's Charter in order to strengthen the observance of the ACRWC's provisions in Egypt. The Committee notes that the Communication is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the AU and the Charter as it concerns allegations of violations of the provisions of the Charter. The Committee recognises the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights' approach that for a communication to be compatible with African Charter on Human and Peoples' Right, a communication must allege prima facie violations of the Charter.1 Drawing inspiration from the jurisprudence of the Commission, the Committee also requires communications to show prima facie violation of provisions of the African Children's Charter in order to be accepted by the Committee. Therefore, it is the Committee's position that the Communication meets the requirements under Section IX (1) (a) of the Revised Communications Guidelines. 19. The Committee also notes that the Communication is presented in a professional, polite and respectful language, making it compatible with Section IX (1) (F) of the Revised Communication Guidelines. 20. Pursuant to Section IX (1) (b) of the Revised Communication Guidelines, the Communication should not be exclusively based on information circulated by the media. The Committee learns that the factual basis of the present Communication rests on the information gathered from the child and his parent . Hence the Committee is satisfied that this criterion is met by . the Communication. 21. In compliance with Section IX Article 1(C) of the Communication Guidelines, the Complainants submitted that this communication does not raise matters pending settlement or previously settled by another international body or procedure in accordance with any legal instruments of the Africa Union and principles of the United Nations Charter. As far as the investigation of Committee goes, the Communication under consideration does not raise matters pending settlement or previously settled by another international body or procedure in accordance with any legal instruments of the Africa Union and principles of the United Nations Charter. Consequently, the Committee holds 1 See African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Frederick Korvah v. Liberia, Communication No. 1/88 (1988) para 6 and Ligue Camerounaise des Droits de I'Homme V. Cameroon communication no. 65/92 5

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